Assembly of colloidal cuprous oxide nanocrystals and study of its magnetic and electrocatalytic properties

Evolution of a Cu2O Cube to a Hollow Truncated Octahedron and Their Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Activity

“…The development of synthesis of small-sized structured materials has made a great progress during the last few decades, 1−3 which in turn promoted the elaboration of the relationship between the structure and the properties of the materials. 4,5 Accordingly, the precise synthesis of targeted materials with specific morphologies is of great importance. Spherical particles usually represent the aggregation properties due to the anisotropy of crystal growth while nanoparticles with specific facets can provide an excellent platform to understand the structure-related physicochemical properties.…”

“…The development of synthesis of small-sized structured materials has made a great progress during the last few decades, − which in turn promoted the elaboration of the relationship between the structure and the properties of the materials. , Accordingly, the precise synthesis of targeted materials with specific morphologies is of great importance. Spherical particles usually represent the aggregation properties due to the anisotropy of crystal growth while nanoparticles with specific facets can provide an excellent platform to understand the structure-related physicochemical properties. − For cuprous oxide (Cu 2 O), various morphologies including those with well-defined facets, − such as cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and truncated octahedron, have been realized by solution-phase strategies due to the vast applications in photocatalysis, − electrocatalysis, , secondary batteries, solar energy conversion, etc.…”